Design of Operational Radiation Protection in Compact Proton Therapy Centers (CPTC)

Gonzalo F. García-Fernandez; Lenin E. Cevallos-Robalino; Karen A. Guzmán-García; Héctor R. Vega-Carrillo; Alejandro Carabe-Fernández; José M. Gómez-Ros; Eduardo Gallego

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89941-7_21

Design of Operational Radiation Protection in Compact Proton Therapy Centers (CPTC)

Gonzalo F. García-Fernandez, Lenin E. Cevallos-Robalino, Karen A. Guzmán-García, Héctor R. Vega-Carrillo, Alejandro Carabe-Fernández, José M. Gómez-Ros, Eduardo Gallego

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Abstract

Proton therapy, an external radiotherapy using proton beams to treat some type of tumours with outstanding benefits, is in continuous ever evolving to improve its performance. Some prominent current trends involve cutting-edge delivery methods or raise compact building. Compact centers take in specific features to reduce their size while achieving more affordable facilities and new developments have direct impact in radioprotection. This work is framed into the research project Contributions to operational radiation protection and neutron dosimetry in compact proton therapy centers (CPTC), which is focused on designing, assessing, and commissioning their operational radiation protection. The main goal is to present and collect the activities developed from 2018 in fields as checking shielding, comparing ambient dose yielded by neutrons in several facilities, analyzing activation in shielding with different types of concrete, characterizing wide range Rem-meters to measure neutron fields, studying new proton delivery techniques and their neutron fields, or assessing personal dosemeters suitable for these centers, among others. The results reached show that future highly compact centers will have a relevant impact on the radiation protection.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information and Communication Technologies - 9th Conference of Ecuador, TICEC 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Juan Pablo Salgado Guerrero, Janneth Chicaiza Espinosa, Mariela Cerrada Lozada, Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	297-312
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783030899400
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89941-7_21
State	Published - 2021
Event	9th Conference on Information and Communication Technologies of Ecuador, TICEC 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 24 Nov 2021 → 26 Nov 2021

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Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1456 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

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Conference	9th Conference on Information and Communication Technologies of Ecuador, TICEC 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	24/11/21 → 26/11/21

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Keywords

Compact proton therapy centers
Neutron dosimetry
Neutron radiation area monitoring

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García-Fernandez, G. F., Cevallos-Robalino, L. E., Guzmán-García, K. A., Vega-Carrillo, H. R., Carabe-Fernández, A., Gómez-Ros, J. M., & Gallego, E. (2021). Design of Operational Radiation Protection in Compact Proton Therapy Centers (CPTC). In J. P. Salgado Guerrero, J. Chicaiza Espinosa, M. Cerrada Lozada, & S. Berrezueta-Guzman (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies - 9th Conference of Ecuador, TICEC 2021, Proceedings (pp. 297-312). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1456 CCIS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89941-7_21

García-Fernandez, Gonzalo F. ; Cevallos-Robalino, Lenin E. ; Guzmán-García, Karen A. et al. / Design of Operational Radiation Protection in Compact Proton Therapy Centers (CPTC). Information and Communication Technologies - 9th Conference of Ecuador, TICEC 2021, Proceedings. editor / Juan Pablo Salgado Guerrero ; Janneth Chicaiza Espinosa ; Mariela Cerrada Lozada ; Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 297-312 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Design of Operational Radiation Protection in Compact Proton Therapy Centers (CPTC). / García-Fernandez, Gonzalo F.; Cevallos-Robalino, Lenin E.; Guzmán-García, Karen A. et al.
Information and Communication Technologies - 9th Conference of Ecuador, TICEC 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Juan Pablo Salgado Guerrero; Janneth Chicaiza Espinosa; Mariela Cerrada Lozada; Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 297-312 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1456 CCIS).

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García-Fernandez GF, Cevallos-Robalino LE, Guzmán-García KA, Vega-Carrillo HR, Carabe-Fernández A, Gómez-Ros JM et al. Design of Operational Radiation Protection in Compact Proton Therapy Centers (CPTC). In Salgado Guerrero JP, Chicaiza Espinosa J, Cerrada Lozada M, Berrezueta-Guzman S, editors, Information and Communication Technologies - 9th Conference of Ecuador, TICEC 2021, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 297-312. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-89941-7_21

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